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From: Enrico C <enrico.c@spamcop.net>
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Subject: Re: Grammar nazi
Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2004 15:09:12 +0100
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Phine | alt.languages.english,comp.os.linux.advocacy
in <news:bv8dm4$t10$1@news.tiscali.fr>
> I probably don't get all the subtleties of the English language, but can you
> exlain to me why your post is entitled "grammar nazi" (I guess "nazi" means
> the same as in every language)
Well, yes, but there is a broader, figurative meaning too: someone who
is cruel or who demands an unreasonable degree of obedience.
Maybe he used the word in an ironic sense, a "grammar nazi" in that he
wants to impose strict spelling rules!
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Enrico C ~ No native speaker
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